3 Tips to Get to Know Your Doctor

Byadmin October 17, 2012

Here is a USA Weekend piece on the type of advice I give in Critical Decisions – how to make stronger connections with your doctor.

Health & Well-being

Why It's a Mistake for Doctors to be Color Blind

Byadmin November 19, 2012

The role of race in college and graduate school admissions remains controversial in the U.S. In fact, the Supreme Court is currently taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in its admission decisions. Critics of race-based admissions question whether educational institutions would serve the goals of affirmative action better by…

Choice & Behavior | Critical Decisions | Ethics

Getting What You Want At The End Of Life – Lessons From A Dying Man

Byadmin2 October 5, 2023

Many people die in ways, and even in locations, that go against their preferences. They don’t want to be put on ventilators and, yet, spend their last days in intensive care units tethered to breathing machines. They don’t want cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and, yet, receive full-on “codes” when their hearts stop.

Much of this unwanted care could be avoided if patients (aka: “people”) discussed their treatment preferences with their clinicians.

Health Care Cost

My Take on Shared Decision Making

Byadmin September 12, 2012

Put simply, shared decision making is the gold standard — the sine qua non* — for how medical decisions ought to be made. The pipe medical choice is rarely a function of medical facts alone. Tough decisions require value judgments, and it is the patient’s valuesthat often determine which choice is best. An operation cannot…

Critical Decisions

Me, the Writer's Manual?

Byadmin November 28, 2012

Here is a link to my guest spot on You, The Owner’s Manual radio show, hosted by New York Times best-selling author Dr. Michael Roizen. It is a lively interview, worth listening to if for no other reason than Roizen’s great taste in writing: “I really enjoyed the book,” he said to me at one…

Health Care Cost

Discussing Financial Toxicity in Oncology Settings

Byadmin January 28, 2014

The American Society of Clinical Oncology is one of the leading specialty organizations for physicians who take care of patients with cancer. A reporter from ASCO just wrote a nice piece, in which she questioned me to go into more detail about the challenge of discussing cost of care with oncology patients. I thought I…

Critical Decisions

Discussing Critical Decisions with Tavis Smiley

Byadmin October 18, 2012

I recently had the pleasure of discussing my book with Tavis Smiley on his wonderful PBS television show. As you will see, we had some fun back and forth, while still covering some pretty fundamental ground about how to help patients participate more actively in their medical decisions.

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